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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Luke's 6th Birthday

This is a video clip of Luke's 6th birthday.

Spring Concert - Long

This is the long version of the Spring Concert that Luke's school held last week.

When you are having fun, time just flies! Apparently this happens because you are so engrossed in your activities that monitoring the passage of time is not the primary focus. It has been exactly one month since my last blog posting and I can only say it is because I have been having so much fun!

With the kitchen complete, I have been surfing for 3-4 hours everyday at local and distant spots. We also celebrated Luke's 6th birthday which he enjoyed thoroughly. Two days ago was Smita's birthday and that too was fun.

This weekend we celebrate Memorial Day which is important by itself but it is also the unofficial beginning of Summer. Summer is synonymous with FUN! Get my drift? Now for some photos and videos.

The Birthday Boy!

The Transformers Cake!

The Gang!

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Kitchen 2.0

I thought it would be fun to see two video clips of the before and after so here goes.

At the risk of boring you with more remodel madness, I have also linked to ALL 300+ photos of the remodel process. I also just realized that by reorganizing my photo's I obliterated the photo links in the previous blog post title Remodeling Overload so please disregard if you get double email notifications.

Sunday, April 01, 2012

Remodelling Overload!

As you might already know, we are remodeling our Kitchen. We are not exactly displaced because we have moved stuff around to accommodate the reconstruction but it is an inconvenience. Fortunately, since this was caused by a water leak, our insurance is doing all it can to take care of the problem. We cannot wait to get our Kitchen back and we know it will be worth it in the end.

In the meantime, here are some shots of what has happened so far in a "before"...."fixing"...and "after" type of sequence.

"Before" - Garage with torn down drywall and no insulation.

"Fixing" - Garage with insulation.

"Still Fixing" - Garage with dry wall!

Fixed!

"Before" - Cabinets Torn Down. That bar counter is next.

"Post Demo" - Containment barrier with bar counter gone!

"Fixing" - Gas line capped off and hole sealed.

"Before" - TK+Jim helping re-frame where the can lights will be.

"Fixing" - Can lights soon to be drywalled.

"Fixing" - Can lights and Insulation.

"Fixed" - Can Light + Drywall.

"Fixing" - Added Insulation after electrician added electrical.

"Fixed" - Drywalled and Mudded.

"Fixing" - Primed and Painted Ceilings and walls myself.

"Fixing" - Guadalupe's husband Jesus painted the rest of the house.

"Fixing" - Hung the top cabinet boxes with Jim and TK's help.

"Fixing" - Laminate floors removed

"Fixing" - New wood floors going in

"Fixed" - Wood floors done..next base cabinets.

Friday, March 23, 2012

Flashback: Smita breaks it Down

This is a flashback from December last year. Smita's Hospital had a large Christmas party last year and as you can see, Smita had a great time. :-)

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Go Fly a Kite!

Usually, the title of this post can be said with venom to mean 'Go Away! Leave me alone!'.
However in this case, we meant it literally! This weekend was the 38th Annual Festival of the Kite and we gladly flew a kite.

We didn't wait till the end but I'm pretty sure the guy next to us won because he had at least 1000 feet of line on his kite. Here are some shots and enjoy the new week!

Prelaunch party

Celebrating before it even goes up.

Customary smiles.

Flight Engineer.

Launch and Flight Engineers

Launch Engineer reprimanding crew man.

We have lift off!

It was pretty high up there!

Launch Engineer got distracted by rocks and shells.

Flight Engineer saw something pink.

Check out all the kites in the back!

Flight Controller is having a heck of a day.

Post Flight training..Martial Arts!

A little R&R for the Engineers.

What a day!

Sunday, March 04, 2012

A Perfect Southern California Day!

Today was a perfect Southern California day.
Clear blue skies, warm sun rays kissing our skin and golden sand, gentle ocean breeze blowing at just the right moments to cool you off and cold ocean water to dip your toes into if you were so inclined.

I didn't surf today or yesterday due to the lack of sizable waves so we opted to enjoy this perfect day together as a family and I am glad I did! Now to share with the rest of you..here goes.